Brain inflammatory reaction in an animal model of neuronal degeneration and its modulation by an antiinflammatory drug: Implication in Alzheimer's disease

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 1900-1912

  Scali, Carla ^a   Prosperi, Costanza ^a   Vannucchi, Maria Giuliana ^a   Pepeu, Giancarlo ^a   Casamenti, Fiorella ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Glia reaction; Interleukin 1 ; Nimesulide; Prostaglandin E2 and nitrite levels; Rat

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; NIMESULIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRITE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PROSTAGLANDIN E2; QUISQUALIC ACID;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; CHOLINERGIC NERVE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENCEPHALITIS; MALE; MICROGLIA; NERVE CELL DEGENERATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANIMALS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; CHOLINE O-ACETYLTRANSFERASE; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2; DINOPROSTONE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ENCEPHALITIS; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID AGONISTS; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GLIOSIS; INTERLEUKIN-1; ISOENZYMES; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; NERVE DEGENERATION; NEURONS; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE II; NITRITES; PROSTAGLANDIN-ENDOPEROXIDE SYNTHASES; QUISQUALIC ACID; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SULFONAMIDES;

EID: 0034089991     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9568.2000.00075.x     Document Type: Article

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